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BASED ON STUDENT SENATE RESPONSES
Task force makes housing recommendations
By Brian Johnson
Staff Writer
The Student Senate's Housing Task Force has issued a set of recommendations on the university’s housing program based on the results of the Student Senate's feedback forum.
Approximately 400 students answered questions about housing on the survey, and the task force based its recommendations on those responses. Ingrid Calle. chairperson of the Housing Task Force, said, “It’s hard to say whether those 400 students really represent the majority of those living in university housing. A lot of people feel that those fill out the forms are the ones who have complaints. However, we feel that the problems we addressed in our report are com-
mon to most residents."
The students polled expressed four main areas of concern: maintenance, the assignment process, parking and pest control.
Building maintenance was the area of greatest dissatisfaction among those surveyed. The task force, however, feels this was mainly because of the student’s lack of knowledge of how the system works.
Leo Vanhoof, university maintenance coordinator, commented on the system. “The system is broken down into two categories—general
maintenance and extensive repairs.
“General maintenance is handled by a staff of nine that takes care of the light jobs in all USC-owned apartments and residence halls and two full-
time workers who check for damage and repairs. This amounts to about one worker per building,” Vanhoof said.
“In the second category, problems are dealt with according to a system of priorities. The building managers assign work requests as Emergency A, B, C,” he said.
“Emergencies are handled through the Physical Plant, and they are supposed to be dealt with within a half hour after the request is received. “A priority” problems, broken wihdows and doors are supposed to be handled by 3:30 on the same day.”
“Plumbing and refrigerator repairs are priority B, and they are taken care of within 48 hours. Priority C problems, carpet and furniture repairs and painting are dealt with within
Groups criticize SAC red tape
Poor communications plague center
By Todd Marmorstein
Staff Writer
Although the services offered at the Student Activities Center are aimed at assisting students and student organizations, there seems to be tension mounting between some groups and the center itself.
“I don’t think people understand the SAC. They don’t know what we’re all about,” said Nadine Felix, director of the center.
Felix said many people complain about the bureaucracy involved in getting action and do not realize how much work is required to make sure “everything figures properly.”
“I want people to see and use us in a positive manner. People should see us as a way to get help, not get bogged down,” she said.
Many students do not know what the center offers to the student community. “We are here to provide a place for students sponsoring specific functions,”*Felix said.
There is often a communication gap between her office and various people whom she deals with.
“We’re only human beings, but we get treated a certain way so often .. . Dhone calls from rude people with sob stories,” Felu said.
“People may have had a bad experience with us at one time. This often forces them to see us as the opposing team. All too often people see us as a place where problems begin.
“There are only six meeting rooms upstairs in the SAC. This means that not everyone who wants to meet in the SAC will get a room there. We have a list of classrooms which are free at given times and often will schedule meetings in Founders Hall, for instance.”
Groups that want to hold regular meetings on a weekly basis should be flexible. Felix deals with these groups by alternating them between the center and classrooms in other buildings.
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five working days. Physical Plant is responsible for informing the complex manager and the student if the repairs cannot be made in the specified time,” said Vanhoof.
The problem is that many students don't know about the priority system, and they expect priority C repairs to be made as fast as priority As.
To alleviate the problem, the Housing Task Force has recommended that at the beginning of each year students should bo made aware of the priority system and the student’s and
manager’s responsibilities.
"This way the student will not be as frustrated with the system, as long as it is carried out correctly," said Calle.
The task force also recommended that the university increase the number of maintenance workers as the number of university housing units increases. This would take some of the pressure off Physical Plant by allowing the maint-ence workers to handle more of the repairs than they are doing now.
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Students groups angered by SAC operating policy
By Darren Leon and Todd Marmorstein
Staff Writers
Not everyone is satisfied with the treatment he receives from the Student Activities Center. The following two cases illustrate some of the problems that may arise in the relationship between the center and the students who use it.
In one incident, the Students for Economic Democracy encountered problems holding meetings and ionsoring an El Salvador rally. In another case, a student >ho wanted to sell "wasp” polo shirts on campus had his permit revoked because of complaints that the shirts were racist.
"It’s OK to be a political group as long as you’re not progressive,” said Randy Ziskin, a member of the Students for Economic Democracy.
Ziskin is bitter because of problems the group faced being recognized by the university and holding a rally protesting the United States’s presence in El Salvador.
The delay in recognizing the group prevented them from taking advantage of the benifits given to recognized organizations.
Recognition by the university gives groups the right to invite speakers to come to campus, request discretionary fund from the Student Programing Team and the use of university facilities and services for meetings and other activities.
“We wanted to hold meetings as soon as possible. We talked
to the Trojan Democrats and got them to reserve us a room,”
Ziskin said. __
(Continued on page 9)
The Seeley G. Mudd building, currently under construction at a projected cost of 514.7 million, will provide additional facilities
Volume XC, Number 49
trojan
University of Southern California
Monday, April 27, 1981
MUDD MODEL —

BASED ON STUDENT SENATE RESPONSES
Task force makes housing recommendations
By Brian Johnson
Staff Writer
The Student Senate's Housing Task Force has issued a set of recommendations on the university’s housing program based on the results of the Student Senate's feedback forum.
Approximately 400 students answered questions about housing on the survey, and the task force based its recommendations on those responses. Ingrid Calle. chairperson of the Housing Task Force, said, “It’s hard to say whether those 400 students really represent the majority of those living in university housing. A lot of people feel that those fill out the forms are the ones who have complaints. However, we feel that the problems we addressed in our report are com-
mon to most residents."
The students polled expressed four main areas of concern: maintenance, the assignment process, parking and pest control.
Building maintenance was the area of greatest dissatisfaction among those surveyed. The task force, however, feels this was mainly because of the student’s lack of knowledge of how the system works.
Leo Vanhoof, university maintenance coordinator, commented on the system. “The system is broken down into two categories—general
maintenance and extensive repairs.
“General maintenance is handled by a staff of nine that takes care of the light jobs in all USC-owned apartments and residence halls and two full-
time workers who check for damage and repairs. This amounts to about one worker per building,” Vanhoof said.
“In the second category, problems are dealt with according to a system of priorities. The building managers assign work requests as Emergency A, B, C,” he said.
“Emergencies are handled through the Physical Plant, and they are supposed to be dealt with within a half hour after the request is received. “A priority” problems, broken wihdows and doors are supposed to be handled by 3:30 on the same day.”
“Plumbing and refrigerator repairs are priority B, and they are taken care of within 48 hours. Priority C problems, carpet and furniture repairs and painting are dealt with within
Groups criticize SAC red tape
Poor communications plague center
By Todd Marmorstein
Staff Writer
Although the services offered at the Student Activities Center are aimed at assisting students and student organizations, there seems to be tension mounting between some groups and the center itself.
“I don’t think people understand the SAC. They don’t know what we’re all about,” said Nadine Felix, director of the center.
Felix said many people complain about the bureaucracy involved in getting action and do not realize how much work is required to make sure “everything figures properly.”
“I want people to see and use us in a positive manner. People should see us as a way to get help, not get bogged down,” she said.
Many students do not know what the center offers to the student community. “We are here to provide a place for students sponsoring specific functions,”*Felix said.
There is often a communication gap between her office and various people whom she deals with.
“We’re only human beings, but we get treated a certain way so often .. . Dhone calls from rude people with sob stories,” Felu said.
“People may have had a bad experience with us at one time. This often forces them to see us as the opposing team. All too often people see us as a place where problems begin.
“There are only six meeting rooms upstairs in the SAC. This means that not everyone who wants to meet in the SAC will get a room there. We have a list of classrooms which are free at given times and often will schedule meetings in Founders Hall, for instance.”
Groups that want to hold regular meetings on a weekly basis should be flexible. Felix deals with these groups by alternating them between the center and classrooms in other buildings.
(Continued on page 10)
five working days. Physical Plant is responsible for informing the complex manager and the student if the repairs cannot be made in the specified time,” said Vanhoof.
The problem is that many students don't know about the priority system, and they expect priority C repairs to be made as fast as priority As.
To alleviate the problem, the Housing Task Force has recommended that at the beginning of each year students should bo made aware of the priority system and the student’s and
manager’s responsibilities.
"This way the student will not be as frustrated with the system, as long as it is carried out correctly," said Calle.
The task force also recommended that the university increase the number of maintenance workers as the number of university housing units increases. This would take some of the pressure off Physical Plant by allowing the maint-ence workers to handle more of the repairs than they are doing now.
(Continued on page 2)
Students groups angered by SAC operating policy
By Darren Leon and Todd Marmorstein
Staff Writers
Not everyone is satisfied with the treatment he receives from the Student Activities Center. The following two cases illustrate some of the problems that may arise in the relationship between the center and the students who use it.
In one incident, the Students for Economic Democracy encountered problems holding meetings and ionsoring an El Salvador rally. In another case, a student >ho wanted to sell "wasp” polo shirts on campus had his permit revoked because of complaints that the shirts were racist.
"It’s OK to be a political group as long as you’re not progressive,” said Randy Ziskin, a member of the Students for Economic Democracy.
Ziskin is bitter because of problems the group faced being recognized by the university and holding a rally protesting the United States’s presence in El Salvador.
The delay in recognizing the group prevented them from taking advantage of the benifits given to recognized organizations.
Recognition by the university gives groups the right to invite speakers to come to campus, request discretionary fund from the Student Programing Team and the use of university facilities and services for meetings and other activities.
“We wanted to hold meetings as soon as possible. We talked
to the Trojan Democrats and got them to reserve us a room,”
Ziskin said. __
(Continued on page 9)
The Seeley G. Mudd building, currently under construction at a projected cost of 514.7 million, will provide additional facilities
Volume XC, Number 49
trojan
University of Southern California
Monday, April 27, 1981
MUDD MODEL —